Group: Red Guard 红卫兵

The Leader Motivating the Red Guards Cultural Revolution Chinese Painting

Applying the Practice of Compare, Study, Pursue, and Realizing One’s Value is Good 比学赶帮好

The painting was done in 1977, the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976.

A Red Guard assisting a woman in chains traditional Chinese painting Cultural Revolution

There’s a Golden Sun in Beijing 北京有个金太阳

Common Folk 老百姓, Music & Dance 歌舞, Newest Additions 最新增加, Political 政治色彩, Posters 海报, Red Guard 红卫兵, Traditional Chinese 国画, Women

Chairman Mao is the Golden Sun of Beijing.

The New “Tibetan Medicine” 新”曼巴“ （藏医）

Countryside 乡镇, Ethnic Groups 民族, Prints 印刷图, Red Guard 红卫兵, Watercolor, Women

Bringing “Western” medicine to the Tibetans. Traditionally the Chinese have four major types of medicine, Han Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, and Western. The Han, Tibetan, and Mongolian medicines are herbal-based. Today, these four types of medicine are used according to individual preferences or needs. Western medicine…

It’s Seagull Here 我是”海燕”

Nature 大自然, Oil 油画, Prints 印刷图, Red Guard 红卫兵, Women

PLA Pictorial 解放军画报

Common Folk 老百姓, Publications 相关书籍, Red Guard 红卫兵

A copy of the PLA (People’s Liberations Army) Pictorial from 1972. Below are images of inside pages.

Red Guard Armband 红卫兵的袖章

Everyday Items 日常用品, Handicrafts 工艺品, Political 政治色彩, Red Guard 红卫兵

A silkscreened armband with the characters 红卫兵，Red Guard printed on it. See similar armbands here. Below is the same armband that was handstitched, most likely by a family member.

Revolutionary Hat with a Red “Five-Star” 带红五星的革命帽子

Everyday Items 日常用品, Red Guard 红卫兵

This type of hat was the most common during the Cultural Revolution and was worn with the typical red “five-star.” See a poster with an image of Mao wearing the same type of hat here.

Chairman Mao is the Reddest of Red Suns in our Hearts 毛主席是我们心中最红最红的红太阳

Chairman Mao 毛主席, Common Folk 老百姓, Political 政治色彩, Posters 海报, Red Guard 红卫兵, Youth 青年

This poster is contained in a protective acid-free covering. There may be some noticeable glare.

Letter To Our Friends In Taiwan 信儿捎给台湾小朋友

Common Folk 老百姓, Poetry 诗歌, Prints 印刷图, Red Guard 红卫兵, Traditional Chinese 国画, Youth 青年

The children’s badges read 红卫兵 “Red Guard” and the image on the floor reads, 我爱北京天安门 “I love Beijing Tiananmen.” The poem of the same name in the top righthand corner is below.

I Herd Steeds For My Homeland 我为祖国放骏马

Countryside 乡镇, Ethnic Groups 民族, Oil 油画, Prints 印刷图, Red Guard 红卫兵, Women

The grasslands of Inner Mongolia.